Improved machine for making lanterns



UNITED ASTATES WILLIAM WESTLAKE, on CHICAGO, ILLINoIs PATENT l (Dinale-sr.;i

IMPRovED MACHINE FOR MAKING `I AfrrrfRNS;y`

Sperilcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 474478, dated April 1865. y y

of the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,

have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Machines for Making Lanterns or parts thereof; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and marks thereon.

The improvement of this application is more particularly intended to be used in the construction of lantern-guards` which have heretofore been made by hand7 and in the making of which by machines the making of lanterns is greatly expedited and the guards more perfectly and uniformly constructed than when made by hand only.

The drawings forming part of this specification represent this machine,` Figure l being a View in elevation, and Fig. 2 being a View of the bottom of the machine.

In each of these iigures, where like parts are shown, like marks and letters are used to indicate the parts.

From these drawings it will be seen that this machine is made up of an upright or vertical shaft, a, which may be either solid or hollow, and which passesthrough a bottomplate, b,

l and atop plate,c, thebottom ofthe shaft a being fitted in or to a socket, d, upon which it may be revolved or not, as may be required. rlhe socket may be attached to a general machine, of which this machine will form a part, or it may be Iittedinto a pedestal or base-block, as is usual with machines for working sheet and other metal into form. Recesses in the edges of the top an'd bottom plates (marked e) will allow ot' the rods or bars for forming the upright bars f of the guard resting therein, while a recess, g, in the upper edge `of the bottom plate will afford the like facility to the lower eircnlarbar, h., of the guard. Slides z',

dome, m, that may easilybe attachedor de having clamping-nuts j, are fitted in the lewe plate, so that the bar` h may be held in position while the upright bars` are lbeing fastened to it. Holes in the bottomplate allow thelpass'- ing through it of the screw for the clamping-y nut and the guide-stud of the slides A'5,these parts being best shown by `2` of `they` drawi ings. Both the top andbottom plates have hubs k with set-screws Z, softhat theseplates may be moved on the shaft a, and thelinachine thus adapted to making guards of different lengths or heights. Thebottom andtop plate could be so constructed,` if desirable, foradapt, ing them to guards of different diameters,` `,the plates being made lof sections, with means for extending and drawing insuchsectionsfff'lo the upper part of the shaft@ is connected;

tached, having springfingers orJspringQ-bai a, the lower ends of `which will` eovertheends of the upright bars or rods oftheguardsland hold them in place while ythe guardisfbeing, constructed. I ,y .I "i

From this description` `of; the construction 3 of this machine it will` readily be lseen that," very great facilities exist for rapidly andpelrfectly making lantern guards of any sizeyor4 dimensions that may be requiredgand thatt e` connecting or unitingofithediicz-ent rodsro y bars of the guard by tyingI or soldering will l be rendered easy andthe work more perfectlyl` accomplished. l .1Q W Vhat I claim i as my inverltiomand desire]` to secure by Letters Patentpis y l l The former or device, constructed .Substanz` tially as described, upon which `to makelanr" tei-aguarda y I y l 1, This specification signedthis 3d day ofiFeb rua-ry. 1865. V

WILLIAM 1 WESTL \Vitnesse's: 1 y l DANIELGooDwI-N,.: J. E. CRoss.I 

